[zonovar]

I also remember by videogame magazines I was reading back in early 90s that another C++ compiler that was a favourite among devs was Watcom C++ that was released in 88.

[flohofwoe]

That doesn't mean that it was used primarily with C++ though. IIRC Watcom C/C++ mainly became popular because of Doom, and that was written in C (as all id games until Doom 3 in 2004 - again IIRC though).

The actual killer feature of Watcom C/C++ was not the C or C++ compiler, but its integration with DOS4GW.

[wqweto]

Btw, dont’t remember Turbo C or Borland C++ to be able to compile to 32-bit x86 on DOS

[opyate]

OMG, the name "Watcom" just opened a flood of nineties memories of the demo scene for me. Thanks for mentioning.